Photograph of Ivie Anderson, Rex Stewart, Harry Carney, and Hayes Alvis: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Ivie Anderson, Rex Stewart, Harry Carney, and Hayes Alvis. Anderson is centrally depicted, standing behind a microphone. The three (3) men stand behind her, forming a semi-circle. Anderson is depicted from the shoulders up, and the men from the waist up. Anderson is wearing a white top with puffed sleeves. Stewart, depicted on the far left, is standing in profile, looking towards the right side of the image. He is wearing a black shirt with a patterned tie. Carney stands slightly left of center. He is wearing a dark shirt, dark tie, and suspenders. Alvis is depicted on the right. He is wearing a dark shirt, a medium toned vest, and a checkered tie. There is an inscription on the back of the photograph, written in pencil, that reads, [Duke's Vocal Trio and / Ivy Anderson / (Rex, Harry Carney and / Hayes Alvis)]. There are also additional blue and red pencil notations written on the back of the photograph.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1931-1942
• Photograph by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Ivie Anderson, American, 1905 - 1949
• Subject of: Harry Carney, American, 1910 - 1974
• Subject of: Rex Stewart, American, 1907 - 1967
• Subject of: Hayes Alvis, American, 1907 - 1972
• Subject of: Duke Ellington Orchestra, American
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Type: portraits
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 3 1/16 × 4 1/2 in. (7.7 × 11.5 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 3 5/16 × 4 13/16 in. (8.4 × 12.2 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2013.46.25.62
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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